Four women honored for degrees earned while homeless
More than 300 people attended a dinner by Advocates For Homeless Families to recognize four women who earned college credentials while on AFHF housing assistance. Kathy Maguire earned a medical office technology certificate from Frederick Community College after nearly three years on AFHF’s transitional housing list and balancing work and her children Bryan Samantha and 2 month old Emily. She graduates during housing relocation to Walkersville and plans medical transcription work at home with grant funding supporting her education.
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AFHF
Frederick County
Kathy Maguire
Frederick Community College
Frederick
Ms. Maguire
South Street
Bryan
Samantha
Emily
Walkersville
Education key to stabilization and new futures
Four women benefited from AFHF Move Forward program aiding education and housing. Melissa Phillips, Nicole Belanger, and Lynell Tucker earned degrees at FCC Hood College and UM Baltimore, while Tucker balances work, school, and caregiving for her disabled son Steven. Castlow credits education as the key to stabilizing families and expanding housing stipends as AFHF plans growth.
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Melissa Phillips
AFTIF
FCC
Nicole Belanger
Lynell Tucker
Hood College
University of Maryland Baltimore
Ms. Tucker
Steven
Hart Publishing
Baltimore
AFHF
Ceresville Mansion
Kate Castlow
Afhf Board of Directors
Preacher Carries Cross Across United States to Washington
The Rev. James Jacobson 43, associate pastor at Community Church in Thief River Falls Minnesota walks four miles an hour with a 12 foot cross strapped to a lawnmower wheel base. He began in Savanna Illinois and plans to reach Washington for a Promise Keepers convention then return with church members. He funds the journey with church donations and strangers have given about 500 dollars. He says the cross symbolizes Jesus and hopes to inspire people to notice him and his faith.
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Jacobson
Thief River Falls
Mintz
Washington
Dan- Dee
U.S. 40
Jesus
Catheary
of Promise Keepers
Savanna
Aly
Minnesota
Illinois
Mary
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